'A very interesting game in the second round of the Senior Championship of the Shanghai Amateur Billards Association was played at the Town Hall on Mani evening. G. D. Nicholl, the well known captain of the Rugby Foot-all Club and a capable performs in various other sports, who previously had won the Junior} Championship, made his fir appearance in the Senior event. He has a very attractive style though standing rather far off the vall, and he scores rapidly. Though beaten from start to finish he gave a most interesting exhibition and for a considerable period attracted more attention than Johnson.
The final scores were Mr, Johnson 1,000. Mr. Nicholl 690. ter Defeats A. W. Pennell Probably the finest game ever seen jin Shanghai between amateurs was played in the Town Hall on Tu C. W. Porter and A, W, Pennell jin the first semi-final of the Shang-"hai Amateur Billiards Association Jsenior Championship. Porter won lby.the narrow margin of 1,000.969.
The early play was a trifle tame judith Pernell, mostly, in the lead.
IThen Porter came on with a break Jof 60 and was ahead at 300, From this they went ding-dong to the finish of the first session, Porter making breaks of 38 and 46, and [Pennell 44, 22, 45 and 31 unfinished, the latter giving him his points at 500-478, Again after dinner play started slowly, Pennell's break ending at 35 land Porter answering a later effort lof 28 with 42. Then Pennell scored fa splendid 110, working principally the top and middle pockets off the red, keeping the white handy to maintain the break under the new rule. Porter kept in the game with 140, 39 and several lesser breaks and ithe score was called 688-680, Then Pennell showed another fine break, but early lost the white and was compelled to concede a miss at 74, Two visits Inter he put on a fine all round break of 102, which made him Porter replied with 43, 25, 20 and clever 76 and when Pennell turn-
Jed 900, his opponents was up to 858, [The last hundred was most exciting. Both players obviously were feeling ithe strain and lost the well-judged t|strength and control so apparent up to this point. Either repeatedly could have run out if playing up to {true form, Porter stuck it the best and finally managed to get ahead at 962-956, again Pennell seemed to have the game at his merey but was worried y the white obstructing his favourite long losers to the top pockets and he failed at 11. Then Porter opened lout, but at 37 stopped one point short of game. Pennell executed a wonderful cannon and was left with n easy winning hazard, but he drove hard at it and failed, leaving Porter a sitter and the game was called at 1,000-969 for Porter, after really wonderful exhibition by both men, deserving of a far bigger attendance than 30, B.C. K. Johnson's Victory Over Capt. Barrett R.C.K, Johnson, on the Town Hall table, on Wednesday evening, before the bigest attendance at ang of this
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